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Unable to display date correctly######dates and times are negative
Using Excel 2007. Inherited a spreadsheet with a column were the numbers are
7312008, which needs to be 07/31/2008. Current format shows "general". When I choose format cell and change to date, I get ###### with an error that shows times are negative. Making the column wider does no good, I just get more ###'s. |
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Unable to display date correctly######dates and times are negative
Apply the below formula
=TEXT(TEXT(A1,"00000000"),"00-00-0000")+0 and format that to any date format If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "Cindy" wrote: Using Excel 2007. Inherited a spreadsheet with a column were the numbers are 7312008, which needs to be 07/31/2008. Current format shows "general". When I choose format cell and change to date, I get ###### with an error that shows times are negative. Making the column wider does no good, I just get more ###'s. |
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Thank you Jacob! Works perfect.
"Jacob Skaria" wrote: Apply the below formula =TEXT(TEXT(A1,"00000000"),"00-00-0000")+0 and format that to any date format If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "Cindy" wrote: Using Excel 2007. Inherited a spreadsheet with a column were the numbers are 7312008, which needs to be 07/31/2008. Current format shows "general". When I choose format cell and change to date, I get ###### with an error that shows times are negative. Making the column wider does no good, I just get more ###'s. |
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Unable to display date correctly######dates and times are negative
The ####### isn't indicating a negative number, but a number outside Excel's
range of legal dates. The largest date value which Excel recognises is 31 Dec 9999, which corresponds to a number of 2958465. Your 7312008 is larger than 2958465, so it is invalid. You'll have to convert your 7312008 to 7/31/2008. If your Windows Regional Settings (in Control Panel) recognise a format of mddyyyy, you might get away with =--TEXT(A1,"00\-00\-0000") and formatting the result as date. Safer might be =DATE(RIGHT(A1,4),LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-6),MID(A1,LEN(A1)-5,2)) -- David Biddulph "Cindy" wrote in message ... Using Excel 2007. Inherited a spreadsheet with a column were the numbers are 7312008, which needs to be 07/31/2008. Current format shows "general". When I choose format cell and change to date, I get ###### with an error that shows times are negative. Making the column wider does no good, I just get more ###'s. |
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